David Gaub McCullough ] is an American author, narrator, and lecturer. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, McCullough has also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough later attended Yale University, earning a degree in English literature. His first book, The Johnstown Flood, was published in 1968; he has written seven more since including topics such as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, and the Brooklyn Bridge. McCullough has also narrated multiple documentaries, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; he also hosted American Experience for twelve years. Two of McCullough's books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted into TV mini-series by HBO. McCullough's next work, about Americans in Paris, is due out in 2010.